Check holder for mining cars



iimay be formed of metal and the check carraenied Jan. 9, i923.

PATENT oEFic HARRY o.` s'rnnnnn, "or PORTSMOUTH, `oiiro.

` CHECK Homann non MINING cans.

i Application filed' October'l, 1921. Serial No. 506,698.

To all whom 'it may conceive.'

Be it known that. I, HARRY (l. STALDER, a e

citizen of the United States, residing` at Portsmouth, in the county ofScioto and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulvImprovements in `Check Holders for Mining Cars; and `I "do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as Will enable others 1Q `skilled `in the art to Which itappeitains to make and use' the saine.

This invention relates to an improved check holder for use in connectionwith inining cars and `one object of the invention y is to provide acheck holder which is so conw structed that the checks maybe easilyplaced upon or removed from the holder and at the saine time preventedfrom being' accidentally disconnected from the holder.

Another object of the invention is to provide a check holder including acheck en gaging clement and a back plate or support having the checkcarrier connected therewith in an improved manner and securely held inengagement With the back plate.

Another object of the invention is to so construct v. the baclcplatethat it includes y side anges forengaging the Wall of a mine car andfurther includes a seat tor the check carrierythis seat `being so formedthat its inner -face' Will also engage the face of the mine car and thusprevent the back plate itrom having any tendency towards tilting: andfurther prevented from being readily bent out'of shape or broken loose.

Another obj ect of the invention is to provide a check holder in whichthe baclrplate for the check carrier` is provided With an ex,- *tensionforming a guard iiangevvhich Will serve to protect the check carrierandprevent `it from l being struck by obstructions in theinine While themining car is in motion. Another object ofthe invention is to provide'acheck holder in which the back plate rier formed from a length ofWirebent. to the desired shape. y y

"*Another object of the invention is to so construct this check holderthat the fastento Aers/Which retain the check carrier in the seat formedinthe back plate may also serve as fasteners "for passing" through theWalls ofi" the' mine car and securing the back plate in position uponthe car.

This invention isillustrated in the accoin panying drawings, wherein;rFigure 1 is a vieu7 showing the check check holder and the portion ofthe car being shown in elevation.

check holder in front elevation. y

`holder applied to a portion of a car, the y Figure 3 is a verticalsectional View taken alongthe line of Fig. 2.

Figure 4L is a transverse sectional vievv taken along the line 4-4 ofFig. 2.

This improved check holder is provided with a back plate l which isorinedof rather f heavy sheet metal and is bent tok provide a guardflange 2 Which extends from one side of the back plate. `The metal atthe oppo site side and upper and `lower ends of the back plate has beenbent tov provide a rear-` Wardly extending flange 3 Which is to`engagethe outer face of the Wall 4 of the mine car 5. When this back plate 1`is formed, the sheet metal blank; yfrom which it is formed is punchedto provide openings 6 to receive the fastener bolts 7 and the blank isthen bent to provide a depression forming a longitudinally extendingseat 8 having side extensions 9 extending from its opposite sidesadjacent its upper and lovver end and extendiiigabout the openings 6.From any inspection of Figs. 3 and 4l it Will be readily seen that therear or inner rfaces of these seats andside extensions, Will engage theouter face of the car Walls and Will thus providemeans to assist in'bracing and strengthening the plate and also assist in holding the plateagainst any"` tendency to- Wardsa tilting movement.`

`The carrier for the check 10 is `formed upper andlower ends of the stemisbent to provide opppositely extending side arms 12'Which are intheform of eyes for fitting into the side extension 9 of the seatS andextending about thev opening 6 of the-back plate. `Theend portionsjoilthe Wire are then bent to `:form the arms 13 yand 14, the arm 13havingvits It'reeend portion bent in- WardlyA to prov-idel a billli-tvhich`V extends i l 60 Figure 2 is a view showing the improved 1having siffle extensions extending about fee 1 the seat about the'openings in `the hack `tener receiving openings in the heck plate,pate, and fasteners passing through the the inner fece of the pressed inportion enside arms and openings ofthe hack plate. l0

a surface engaged hy the rearwardly n testimony whereof have hereuntoset extending Hanges of the back plete, a check ymy hand. carrier ttnginto Seid seat `andhauling side arms fitting into the side extensions of:HARRY STALDER.

